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    27 days ago

    Weirdly, pioneer is ‘roadbreaker’ in my language (as in, making way, like ice breakers do). This would be just a literal name for us.

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      26 days ago

      Trailblazer, groundbreaker or pathfinder would also have been options in English, at least are close synonyms for pioneer. All have similarities but more literal , I’ve never heard roadbreaker in English, but you never know what they say in places like Australia, probably a"whackaroo".

      Groundbreaker might possibly originate from farming/ploughing or construction in new territory rather than literally making a road. But might be more apt for the OP.

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        26 days ago

        Huh, I never heard of whackaroo before (neither did my keyboard app)!

        It’s a non-English one, and we “break” the “road” (also path) when we cut a path in the forest.

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          26 days ago

          oh, i really don’t think “whackaroo” is a real word, i just made it up as an example of the type of thing theyd’ come up as a word in Australian-English, they have crazy ones down there.

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    26 days ago

    There’s an apparently-eternal rose bush outside my childhood home. My parents wanted to change up the landscaping decades ago and have tried to remove it several times since. Each time, it sprouted back up.

    My dad managed to dig it up from the root last time. Yet somehow, it still grew back!

    I told them - clearly, this house does not and never has belonged to you. It belongs to this rose bush. It has decided that it lives here and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.

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    26 days ago

    Sorry, but it’s spelled “harbinger” and originally meant someone who goes ahead to arrange lodgings.